Question

Father gave 1/2 part of his property to his daughter, 3/8 part to his son and the remaining parts he donated to a charity.What parts of his property did he donate ?

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Answer 1

let's father property be x
1/2x+3/8x+y=x
7/8x+y=x
y=1/8x
so father donate 1/8of his property

Answer 2

Information given :

Father gave 1 / 2 part of the property to his daughter

He gave 3 / 8 th part of the property to his son

Let the total property be x

So he gave 1 / 2 off x to daughter

He also gave 3 / 8 off x to son

Total property given : 1 / 2 off x + 3 / 8 off x

                              ==> 1 / 2 × x + 3 / 8 × x

                              ==> x / 2 + 3 x / 8

                              ==> ( 4 x + 3 x  ) / 8

                              ==> 7 x / 8

Part of property donated = x - 7 x / 8

                                          = ( 8 x - 7 x ) / 8

                                          = x / 8

ANSWER:

He donated 1 / 8 th of the property !

Hope it helps !

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